DIRECTV SELECTS XPEDITE FOR ITS MESSAGEREACH SERVICES
Ptek's e-Messaging Unit Expands Customer Base by Adding Leading Provider of Satellite Television

EATONTOWN, N.J., January 30, 2001 - Xpedite (www.xpedite.com), a global leader in multimedia information distribution and business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com)today announced that DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading provider of digital satellite television entertainment, is using its e-mail service messageREACH^SM to deliver DIRECTV's popular e-newsletter. More than 90,000 DIRECTV customers receive "News@DIRECTV.com," a monthly newsletter that highlights upcoming programming and company news. messageREACH is an outsourced e-mail service that provides control, tracking, security, personalization and automated administration for high volume e-mail messaging applications.

DIRECTV is the latest well-known company to join Xpedite's list of messageREACH customers. In the last few months, Xpedite also has added Nasdaq, Dell Computer Corporation (France), and Texas Instruments to its messageREACH customer base. Revenue and volume for messageREACH increased more than 134% in the third quarter of 2000 compared to the second quarter of 2000.

"We have seen tremendous growth for messageREACH in a short time, and the addition of DIRECTV to our client roster is another validation of the quality of our service," said Matthew McGill, Xpedite's Director of Business Development for messageREACH. "We will continue to leverage our existing global customer base and target key vertical markets such as financial services and publishing to build on our position as the global leader in multimedia information distribution."

According to eMarketer, 61% of medium to large-sized companies in the United States are currently implementing e-mail marketing into their business strategies to target prospects and customers. By 2003, the number of permission-based e-mails received per week will increase 142%, including messages from opt-in lists, sponsored newsletters and discussions groups.

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